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TimOlsen — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:24:07 +0000

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The Process is the Punishment

TimOlsen — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:50:45 +0000

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Setting Up a BizAgi Xpress Server on AWS Windows 2008 Instance

TimOlsen — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:23:47 +0000

I created this “how to” to aid anyone interested in trying out BizAgi (a BPMS) on a live web-accessible server. It has an extremely low entrance cost, as Amazon Web Services is used. I have embedded it below. Please post any comments here if you run into trouble, or learn something helpful for all. This [...] Related posts:

Virtual Computing Labs for students through Amazon Web Services I have seen some excitement about Virtual Computing Labs for...

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Virtual Computing Labs for students through Amazon Web Services

TimOlsen — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:21:02 +0000

I have seen some excitement about Virtual Computing Labs for students. This allows students to access software and resources from their home that normally would only be available to them from an on campus computer lab. A need for mobile educational resources, and dropping technology costs are driving the introduction of virtual computing lab environments. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Most popular theories in Information Systems research

TimOlsen — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:44:26 +0000

At the recent ICIS conference in Phoenix. I saw a poster by some Michigan PhD students on the most popular theories used in ISR and MISQ (the field’s top 2 journals). Here is an interesting excerpt from that paper, which I have linked to below: “We identified 154 distinct theories by originating discipline employed in [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Nothing like an engaging conference

TimOlsen — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:00:19 +0000

A week from today I will be headed to Helsinki School of Economics for the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research workshop. From their website, this is the focus of the conference: The workshop focuses on LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE INNOVATION. The ongoing profound transformation of the world economy calls for new ways to lead and [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Ordinal Logistic HLM for DIF detection in IRT

TimOlsen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:33:41 +0000

I recently wrote a paper for my Hierarchical Linear Modeling class on using Ordinal Logistic HLM to detect unfavorable biases on test questions (DIF detection in Item Response Theory Language). Since there is not much info about this on the internet (except a couple recent disserations, which are very good) I have made it available. [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Open innovation in education, OLEDs, and Nature

TimOlsen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:57:51 +0000

Mozilla, Creative Commons, and P2P University announced a new open innovation initiative to partner with educators in extending Mozilla’s role in the education space. This post has more about Mozilla’s strategic position to engage in the open innovation process build educational materials. Innocentive and Nature just announced a partnership of somekind to engage scientists in [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The best, free online GMAT study resource

TimOlsen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:58:18 +0000

When the subject of GMAT comes up in conversation, I always want to share the best online resource that I found when studying for it. It currently can be found in word document form here. It helped me learn the tricks of the GMAT. Hope it helps you. No related posts. Related posts brought to [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Tips for Grad School

TimOlsen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:47:46 +0000

A colleague forwarded me a nice blog post by an MIT PhD student on grad school advice. It is a great list… except exercise is missing from it, as well as timeboxing. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.